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https://s.yimg.com/rz/d/yahoo_news_en-GB_s_f_p_bestfit_news.pngEverything that could go wrong with Amazon Go<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/everything-could-wrong-amazon-023156368.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0rL3pNyNFVrIFS0q3WoRhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/1966e2d918d7acb6ae037d0e5d42d60a" width="130" height="86" alt="Everything that could go wrong with Amazon Go" align="left" title="Everything that could go wrong with Amazon Go" border="0" /></a>The world got a little more magical this week. Amazon showed off its vision of the future of grocery shopping with Amazon Go, and the consensus is that the checkout-less store is truly amazing — assuming the online retail giant can pull it off. On this week&#039;s MashTalk, that&#039;s exactly what we debate. Mashable Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff and I talk about the tech behind Amazon Go as well as its potential problems — logistical, technological and ethical. Whether or not Amazon actually ends up becoming a brick-and-mortar retailer from the move, it&#039;s definitely a more compelling vision than delivery drones. SEE ALSO: IBM predicted Amazon Go back in 2006 Lance and I also tackle another timely topic: connected toys, which are sure to be a hit this holiday season. But dollies and robots that respond to voice and iPhone apps may be a huge security risk, depending on how they share data. Could bad guys really hack into your Christmas? We break it down in the podcast. As always, be sure to subscribe to MashTalk on whatever podcast platform you use and don&#039;t forget to leave your questions and comments by tweeting @Mash_Talk with the #MashTalk hashtag. BONUS: This viral Christmas ad is giving us all the holiday feels</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/everything-could-wrong-amazon-023156368.htmlSat, 10 Dec 2016 02:31:56 +0000Mashable Techeverything-could-wrong-amazon-023156368<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/everything-could-wrong-amazon-023156368.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0rL3pNyNFVrIFS0q3WoRhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/1966e2d918d7acb6ae037d0e5d42d60a" width="130" height="86" alt="Everything that could go wrong with Amazon Go" align="left" title="Everything that could go wrong with Amazon Go" border="0" /></a>The world got a little more magical this week. Amazon showed off its vision of the future of grocery shopping with Amazon Go, and the consensus is that the checkout-less store is truly amazing — assuming the online retail giant can pull it off. On this week&#039;s MashTalk, that&#039;s exactly what we debate. Mashable Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff and I talk about the tech behind Amazon Go as well as its potential problems — logistical, technological and ethical. Whether or not Amazon actually ends up becoming a brick-and-mortar retailer from the move, it&#039;s definitely a more compelling vision than delivery drones. SEE ALSO: IBM predicted Amazon Go back in 2006 Lance and I also tackle another timely topic: connected toys, which are sure to be a hit this holiday season. But dollies and robots that respond to voice and iPhone apps may be a huge security risk, depending on how they share data. Could bad guys really hack into your Christmas? We break it down in the podcast. As always, be sure to subscribe to MashTalk on whatever podcast platform you use and don&#039;t forget to leave your questions and comments by tweeting @Mash_Talk with the #MashTalk hashtag. BONUS: This viral Christmas ad is giving us all the holiday feels</p><br clear="all"/>Sources: Google to give Cubans faster access to content<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sources-cuba-google-strike-deal-hike-internet-speed-234358192.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SlI8sZlrdFmWH6IxEK0rsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/85d19b6187d24c67b4a2b42b6da98be7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 1, 2014 file photo, students gather behind a business looking for a Internet signal for their smart phones in Havana, Cuba. Google and the Cuban government have struck a deal giving Cubans faster access to the internet giant&#039;s content, two people familiar with the deal say. Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google&#039;s parent company, will formally sign the deal in Havana, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 1, 2014 file photo, students gather behind a business looking for a Internet signal for their smart phones in Havana, Cuba. Google and the Cuban government have struck a deal giving Cubans faster access to the internet giant&#039;s content, two people familiar with the deal say. Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google&#039;s parent company, will formally sign the deal in Havana, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)" border="0" /></a>HAVANA (AP) — Google and the Cuban government have struck a deal giving Cubans faster access to the internet giant&#039;s content, two people familiar with the agreement said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sources-cuba-google-strike-deal-hike-internet-speed-234358192.htmlSat, 10 Dec 2016 01:05:03 +0000Associated Presssources-cuba-google-strike-deal-hike-internet-speed-234358192<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sources-cuba-google-strike-deal-hike-internet-speed-234358192.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SlI8sZlrdFmWH6IxEK0rsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/85d19b6187d24c67b4a2b42b6da98be7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 1, 2014 file photo, students gather behind a business looking for a Internet signal for their smart phones in Havana, Cuba. Google and the Cuban government have struck a deal giving Cubans faster access to the internet giant&#039;s content, two people familiar with the deal say. Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google&#039;s parent company, will formally sign the deal in Havana, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 1, 2014 file photo, students gather behind a business looking for a Internet signal for their smart phones in Havana, Cuba. Google and the Cuban government have struck a deal giving Cubans faster access to the internet giant&#039;s content, two people familiar with the deal say. Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google&#039;s parent company, will formally sign the deal in Havana, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)" border="0" /></a>HAVANA (AP) — Google and the Cuban government have struck a deal giving Cubans faster access to the internet giant&#039;s content, two people familiar with the agreement said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>How to save all the personal data on your Note7 before Samsung bricks it<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/save-personal-data-note7-samsung-233821753.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2_zZTDnxMrpGOdp.SPkWdw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/bb2074ec9323ab663801d181a9c0dfb5" width="130" height="86" alt="How to save all the personal data on your Note7 before Samsung bricks it" align="left" title="How to save all the personal data on your Note7 before Samsung bricks it" border="0" /></a>Attention Samsung Galaxy Note7 owners: the time has come at last to give up on those potentially explosive devices in your pocket. Samsung has revealed plans to remotely update all Galaxy Note 7 devices in the U.S., starting Dec. 19. The update will leave the phone &quot;bricked&quot; — which means it will no longer be able to charge or work with cellular networks. (Unless you have Verizon, which is so far refusing to push out the update. Note7 owners who refused to trade in the dangerous devices following the production halt in October must take action before Samsung renders their phones unusable. SEE ALSO: Samsung is taking a drastic step to permanently end the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco So if you own a Note7, you&#039;re probably scrambling to ensure the personal info on your Note7 device doesn&#039;t get lost before Samsung bricks it. Fear not — here are some ways to safely store data from your Note7 so you can transfer it to another Android device — or maybe even take the plunge and switch to iOS. Backing up with Samsung Cloud Note7 owners may have had quite a rough ride these past few months. But at least the devices utilize the Samsung Cloud, which should ensure all of your data is backed up. To view and manage your Cloud preferences, open &quot;Settings,&quot; &quot;Cloud and accounts&quot; and &quot;Samsung Cloud&quot;. Using your 15 GB of free Cloud storage, you can backup data such as contacts, calendar events and notes. Then select the &quot;Back up my data&quot; option on the Samsung Cloud screen to add apps, messages and music. If the Samsung Cloud&#039;s 15 GB of storage isn&#039;t enough for you, consider offloading photographs and additional data onto a microSD card. Backing up with a Gmail account Backing up your Android device is simple, especially if you have a Gmail account. The Google-owned system makes storing your contacts and other settings a breeze; just don&#039;t forget to back up your photos and videos separately via Google Photos. Chances are that your information is already being synced to your Gmail account, thanks to the default setting, but it&#039;s definitely worth checking. To make sure Gmail sync is enabled on your Note7 device, go to the &quot;Clouds and accounts&quot; page under &quot;Settings,&quot; then click &quot;Accounts&quot; and &quot;Google&quot; to choose what stuff you&#039;re syncing. Finally, visit the &quot;Backup and reset&quot; tab under &quot;Cloud and accounts&quot; to ensure that &quot;Back up my data&quot; is enabled. Samsung&#039;s Smart Switch app With the Smart Switch app you can easily transfer contacts, photos, messages and settings between Android, iOS, and even BlackBerry devices. The app should be preinstalled on all Galaxy devices, so this option is a no-brainer. Image: screengrab/google play Apple&#039;s Move to iOS app Transferring from Android to iOS? It&#039;s a big step, but the two operating systems are more compatible than you might think — and Apple is here to help. Download Apple&#039;s Move to iOS app for Android devices in the Google Play store. This lets you transfer your contacts, your message history and more to your Apple device, via a Wi-Fi network. Image: screengrab/google play Good luck out there in your soon-to-be Note7-less world. May the data be with you. BONUS: 5 awesome Android phones to replace your Galaxy Note7</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/save-personal-data-note7-samsung-233821753.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 23:38:21 +0000Mashable Techsave-personal-data-note7-samsung-233821753<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/save-personal-data-note7-samsung-233821753.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2_zZTDnxMrpGOdp.SPkWdw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/bb2074ec9323ab663801d181a9c0dfb5" width="130" height="86" alt="How to save all the personal data on your Note7 before Samsung bricks it" align="left" title="How to save all the personal data on your Note7 before Samsung bricks it" border="0" /></a>Attention Samsung Galaxy Note7 owners: the time has come at last to give up on those potentially explosive devices in your pocket. Samsung has revealed plans to remotely update all Galaxy Note 7 devices in the U.S., starting Dec. 19. The update will leave the phone &quot;bricked&quot; — which means it will no longer be able to charge or work with cellular networks. (Unless you have Verizon, which is so far refusing to push out the update. Note7 owners who refused to trade in the dangerous devices following the production halt in October must take action before Samsung renders their phones unusable. SEE ALSO: Samsung is taking a drastic step to permanently end the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco So if you own a Note7, you&#039;re probably scrambling to ensure the personal info on your Note7 device doesn&#039;t get lost before Samsung bricks it. Fear not — here are some ways to safely store data from your Note7 so you can transfer it to another Android device — or maybe even take the plunge and switch to iOS. Backing up with Samsung Cloud Note7 owners may have had quite a rough ride these past few months. But at least the devices utilize the Samsung Cloud, which should ensure all of your data is backed up. To view and manage your Cloud preferences, open &quot;Settings,&quot; &quot;Cloud and accounts&quot; and &quot;Samsung Cloud&quot;. Using your 15 GB of free Cloud storage, you can backup data such as contacts, calendar events and notes. Then select the &quot;Back up my data&quot; option on the Samsung Cloud screen to add apps, messages and music. If the Samsung Cloud&#039;s 15 GB of storage isn&#039;t enough for you, consider offloading photographs and additional data onto a microSD card. Backing up with a Gmail account Backing up your Android device is simple, especially if you have a Gmail account. The Google-owned system makes storing your contacts and other settings a breeze; just don&#039;t forget to back up your photos and videos separately via Google Photos. Chances are that your information is already being synced to your Gmail account, thanks to the default setting, but it&#039;s definitely worth checking. To make sure Gmail sync is enabled on your Note7 device, go to the &quot;Clouds and accounts&quot; page under &quot;Settings,&quot; then click &quot;Accounts&quot; and &quot;Google&quot; to choose what stuff you&#039;re syncing. Finally, visit the &quot;Backup and reset&quot; tab under &quot;Cloud and accounts&quot; to ensure that &quot;Back up my data&quot; is enabled. Samsung&#039;s Smart Switch app With the Smart Switch app you can easily transfer contacts, photos, messages and settings between Android, iOS, and even BlackBerry devices. The app should be preinstalled on all Galaxy devices, so this option is a no-brainer. Image: screengrab/google play Apple&#039;s Move to iOS app Transferring from Android to iOS? It&#039;s a big step, but the two operating systems are more compatible than you might think — and Apple is here to help. Download Apple&#039;s Move to iOS app for Android devices in the Google Play store. This lets you transfer your contacts, your message history and more to your Apple device, via a Wi-Fi network. Image: screengrab/google play Good luck out there in your soon-to-be Note7-less world. May the data be with you. BONUS: 5 awesome Android phones to replace your Galaxy Note7</p><br clear="all"/>You can swap Snap Spectacle lenses - here's how<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/swap-snap-spectacle-lenses-heres-231801927.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hXDoLS9tBepdbxWTPWfA.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/4e66b3e223e6e18a21033e30588144f0" width="130" height="86" alt="You can swap Snap Spectacle lenses - here&#039;s how" align="left" title="You can swap Snap Spectacle lenses - here&#039;s how" border="0" /></a>If you have an extra pair of Snap Spectacles laying around, you can swap the lenses. Here&#039;s how to do it.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/swap-snap-spectacle-lenses-heres-231801927.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 23:18:01 +0000Mashable Techswap-snap-spectacle-lenses-heres-231801927<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/swap-snap-spectacle-lenses-heres-231801927.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hXDoLS9tBepdbxWTPWfA.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/4e66b3e223e6e18a21033e30588144f0" width="130" height="86" alt="You can swap Snap Spectacle lenses - here&#039;s how" align="left" title="You can swap Snap Spectacle lenses - here&#039;s how" border="0" /></a>If you have an extra pair of Snap Spectacles laying around, you can swap the lenses. Here&#039;s how to do it.</p><br clear="all"/>Samsung's Note7 kill-switch is deeply disturbing, whether you own one or not<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsungs-note7-kill-switch-deeply-231414403.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bju_453O9OmMtEeDK1BmZw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/fe0167e31e0cfdbde07064c49b0e6b8e" width="130" height="86" alt="Samsung&#039;s Note7 kill-switch is deeply disturbing, whether you own one or not" align="left" title="Samsung&#039;s Note7 kill-switch is deeply disturbing, whether you own one or not" border="0" /></a>If you bought a Samsung Galaxy Note7, Samsung really, really wants you to stop using it. How much? The company plans to push out a software update next week to the potentially explosive Note7 devices in the U.S. that will prevent them from charging or connecting to a mobile network—effectively rendering them useless. In a surprise twist, at least one U.S. carrier is balking at this decision, flexing its muscle as the gatekeeper of its network. Verizon issued a flat refusal to push out Samsung&#039;s kill-switch update in the middle of the holiday season. Apparently, Samsung&#039;s statement that it was working &quot;together with our carrier partners&quot; was more wishful thinking than an actual plan. SEE ALSO: Samsung cut it too close with safety margins on the Note7&#039;s design, report says It&#039;s tempting to cheer on Verizon for its newfound consumer advocacy—but it should also strike us all as more than a bit unsettling that titanic corporations are having a tug-of-war about the phones in our pockets. Imagine being the citizens of Metropolis get whenever Superman trades fisticuffs with a massive, outsized villain like Brainiac or Doomsday. It&#039;s a cool spectacle, sure, but the outcome affects them directly—so they&#039;d much rather have a say in who wins. Who owns tech? This is only the latest public example of how technology&#039;s changed our entire notion of ownership. Time was when you bought something, it was yours, and you were free to use it however you want. Just bought a book? Mark it up, doodle on the cover, rip out the pages. It&#039;s yours, for as long as you want to own it. Computers have traditionally embodied that same spirit of ownership. If you buy a PC or a Mac, you can install whatever software you want—or refuse official updates—and still know your machine will work. You can usually still get IT support if you need it. But mobile and connected devices changed the game. We got our first hint of this back in 2011 when Google used its Android &quot;kill switch&quot; to detect and remote-wipe malware apps from users&#039; devices. It was a preemptive move made in the name of security, to ensure malware didn&#039;t spread—but the incident had Orwellian undertones. Five years later, Samsung wants to essentially force a kill switch on the remainder of Note7 owner (even though it&#039;s already convinced 93% of them to comply). The remainder are surely keeping their phones with eyes wide open about the risk. The Note7 probably isn&#039;t the best test case for the new digital nanny-state. A faulty battery doesn&#039;t just pose a risk to the device owner—innocent bystanders could get hurt, too. That risk may be small—the fires only affected roughly 0.005% of devices sold—but it was big enough that it got airlines to ban the device, and at this point the perception of risk is almost worse than the problem. Carrying a Note7 now will provoke fear and reprisals, so you may as well just not. Ownership rights and fights But the battle over the Note7 can still be seen as a wake-up call about ownership in the 21st century—and how nebulous the concept has become when it comes to connected devices. Devices have always come with a sell-by date for software support, after which you&#039;re completely on your own. But the emerging future of constant over-the-air updates is also a future where our lives are at the whim of short-term corporate interests. Samsung wants to purge itself of any liabilities, so your Note7 gets bricked. Verizon doesn&#039;t want to piss off a bunch of customers right before Christmas, so they say &quot;no&quot; to Verizon. And Note7 owners who just want to be left alone at this point can only sit back and wonder if they&#039;ll still have a working phone in a week. Anyone who bought a Pebble smartwatch is probably experiencing similar bewilderment now that the company&#039;s been sold to Fitbit, though, at least those watches should still work. For now. Not so anyone who bought the Revolv, which Nest (a Google company) bought and shut down. As connected-home devices, existing Revolvs need continual network support to work. That simply wasn&#039;t happening after Nest decided to kill the product. The world—and our devices—are growing more and more interconnected, enabling incredible experiences, some borderline magical. But the Note7 saga shows the ugly underbelly of that connectivity: that your rights as an &quot;owner&quot; of a product are nothing when stacked against the power of the platform it runs on. And depending on the whims of executives in Seoul or Cupertino, Mountain View or Redmond, that power can shift in a heartbeat. BONUS: 5 awesome Android phones to replace your Galaxy Note7</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsungs-note7-kill-switch-deeply-231414403.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 23:14:14 +0000Mashable Techsamsungs-note7-kill-switch-deeply-231414403<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsungs-note7-kill-switch-deeply-231414403.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bju_453O9OmMtEeDK1BmZw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/fe0167e31e0cfdbde07064c49b0e6b8e" width="130" height="86" alt="Samsung&#039;s Note7 kill-switch is deeply disturbing, whether you own one or not" align="left" title="Samsung&#039;s Note7 kill-switch is deeply disturbing, whether you own one or not" border="0" /></a>If you bought a Samsung Galaxy Note7, Samsung really, really wants you to stop using it. How much? The company plans to push out a software update next week to the potentially explosive Note7 devices in the U.S. that will prevent them from charging or connecting to a mobile network—effectively rendering them useless. In a surprise twist, at least one U.S. carrier is balking at this decision, flexing its muscle as the gatekeeper of its network. Verizon issued a flat refusal to push out Samsung&#039;s kill-switch update in the middle of the holiday season. Apparently, Samsung&#039;s statement that it was working &quot;together with our carrier partners&quot; was more wishful thinking than an actual plan. SEE ALSO: Samsung cut it too close with safety margins on the Note7&#039;s design, report says It&#039;s tempting to cheer on Verizon for its newfound consumer advocacy—but it should also strike us all as more than a bit unsettling that titanic corporations are having a tug-of-war about the phones in our pockets. Imagine being the citizens of Metropolis get whenever Superman trades fisticuffs with a massive, outsized villain like Brainiac or Doomsday. It&#039;s a cool spectacle, sure, but the outcome affects them directly—so they&#039;d much rather have a say in who wins. Who owns tech? This is only the latest public example of how technology&#039;s changed our entire notion of ownership. Time was when you bought something, it was yours, and you were free to use it however you want. Just bought a book? Mark it up, doodle on the cover, rip out the pages. It&#039;s yours, for as long as you want to own it. Computers have traditionally embodied that same spirit of ownership. If you buy a PC or a Mac, you can install whatever software you want—or refuse official updates—and still know your machine will work. You can usually still get IT support if you need it. But mobile and connected devices changed the game. We got our first hint of this back in 2011 when Google used its Android &quot;kill switch&quot; to detect and remote-wipe malware apps from users&#039; devices. It was a preemptive move made in the name of security, to ensure malware didn&#039;t spread—but the incident had Orwellian undertones. Five years later, Samsung wants to essentially force a kill switch on the remainder of Note7 owner (even though it&#039;s already convinced 93% of them to comply). The remainder are surely keeping their phones with eyes wide open about the risk. The Note7 probably isn&#039;t the best test case for the new digital nanny-state. A faulty battery doesn&#039;t just pose a risk to the device owner—innocent bystanders could get hurt, too. That risk may be small—the fires only affected roughly 0.005% of devices sold—but it was big enough that it got airlines to ban the device, and at this point the perception of risk is almost worse than the problem. Carrying a Note7 now will provoke fear and reprisals, so you may as well just not. Ownership rights and fights But the battle over the Note7 can still be seen as a wake-up call about ownership in the 21st century—and how nebulous the concept has become when it comes to connected devices. Devices have always come with a sell-by date for software support, after which you&#039;re completely on your own. But the emerging future of constant over-the-air updates is also a future where our lives are at the whim of short-term corporate interests. Samsung wants to purge itself of any liabilities, so your Note7 gets bricked. Verizon doesn&#039;t want to piss off a bunch of customers right before Christmas, so they say &quot;no&quot; to Verizon. And Note7 owners who just want to be left alone at this point can only sit back and wonder if they&#039;ll still have a working phone in a week. Anyone who bought a Pebble smartwatch is probably experiencing similar bewilderment now that the company&#039;s been sold to Fitbit, though, at least those watches should still work. For now. Not so anyone who bought the Revolv, which Nest (a Google company) bought and shut down. As connected-home devices, existing Revolvs need continual network support to work. That simply wasn&#039;t happening after Nest decided to kill the product. The world—and our devices—are growing more and more interconnected, enabling incredible experiences, some borderline magical. But the Note7 saga shows the ugly underbelly of that connectivity: that your rights as an &quot;owner&quot; of a product are nothing when stacked against the power of the platform it runs on. And depending on the whims of executives in Seoul or Cupertino, Mountain View or Redmond, that power can shift in a heartbeat. BONUS: 5 awesome Android phones to replace your Galaxy Note7</p><br clear="all"/>These deluxe speakers are made from Lamborghini exhaust pipes<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/deluxe-speakers-made-lamborghini-exhaust-224548017.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1sNuhEGGP1y7_N_ks2BK5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/fc13d5e1fff5c54a608cb6c4136a55f4" width="130" height="86" alt="These deluxe speakers are made from Lamborghini exhaust pipes" align="left" title="These deluxe speakers are made from Lamborghini exhaust pipes" border="0" /></a>iXOOST is creating the most luxurious car-inspired speakers and collaborated with Lamborghini for its latest design “Esavox.”</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/deluxe-speakers-made-lamborghini-exhaust-224548017.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 22:45:48 +0000Mashable Techdeluxe-speakers-made-lamborghini-exhaust-224548017<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/deluxe-speakers-made-lamborghini-exhaust-224548017.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1sNuhEGGP1y7_N_ks2BK5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/fc13d5e1fff5c54a608cb6c4136a55f4" width="130" height="86" alt="These deluxe speakers are made from Lamborghini exhaust pipes" align="left" title="These deluxe speakers are made from Lamborghini exhaust pipes" border="0" /></a>iXOOST is creating the most luxurious car-inspired speakers and collaborated with Lamborghini for its latest design “Esavox.”</p><br clear="all"/>U.S. trade judge rules Arista infringes more Cisco network patents<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-trade-judge-rules-arista-infringes-more-cisco-223711603--finance.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EVqGvN6PVo6dQg0QvxP1dA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T232058Z_1_LYNXMPECB81I4_RTROPTP_2_CISCO-SYSTEMS-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Cisco logo is seen at the router in Kiev" align="left" title="A Cisco logo is seen at the router in Kiev" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arista Networks Inc used rival Cisco Systems&#039; network device technology in its ethernet switches without permission, a U.S. trade judge ruled on Friday, handing Cisco yet another win in a sprawling legal battle over patents between the two companies. The judge, MaryJoan McNamara of the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, said that Arista had infringed two patents owned by Cisco. The ruling, which must be reviewed by the full commission over the next few months, could lead to an order banning the import of Arista&#039;s products into the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-trade-judge-rules-arista-infringes-more-cisco-223711603--finance.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 22:43:34 +0000Reutersu-trade-judge-rules-arista-infringes-more-cisco-223711603--finance<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/u-trade-judge-rules-arista-infringes-more-cisco-223711603--finance.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EVqGvN6PVo6dQg0QvxP1dA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T232058Z_1_LYNXMPECB81I4_RTROPTP_2_CISCO-SYSTEMS-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Cisco logo is seen at the router in Kiev" align="left" title="A Cisco logo is seen at the router in Kiev" border="0" /></a>By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arista Networks Inc used rival Cisco Systems&#039; network device technology in its ethernet switches without permission, a U.S. trade judge ruled on Friday, handing Cisco yet another win in a sprawling legal battle over patents between the two companies. The judge, MaryJoan McNamara of the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, said that Arista had infringed two patents owned by Cisco. The ruling, which must be reviewed by the full commission over the next few months, could lead to an order banning the import of Arista&#039;s products into the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>Meet the internet's most beloved mad scientist<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/meet-internets-most-beloved-mad-223000860.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dpUl9m3kf8FeJ.kkKXN_UA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/436faf25a2f7cd02498c583442640c17" width="130" height="86" alt="Meet the internet&#039;s most beloved mad scientist" align="left" title="Meet the internet&#039;s most beloved mad scientist" border="0" /></a>Colin Furze uploaded his first YouTube video 10 years ago. Four million YouTube followers later, he&#039;s one of the most favorite inventors, adrenaline junkies, mad scientist... you name it.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/meet-internets-most-beloved-mad-223000860.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 22:30:00 +0000Mashable Techmeet-internets-most-beloved-mad-223000860<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/meet-internets-most-beloved-mad-223000860.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dpUl9m3kf8FeJ.kkKXN_UA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/436faf25a2f7cd02498c583442640c17" width="130" height="86" alt="Meet the internet&#039;s most beloved mad scientist" align="left" title="Meet the internet&#039;s most beloved mad scientist" border="0" /></a>Colin Furze uploaded his first YouTube video 10 years ago. Four million YouTube followers later, he&#039;s one of the most favorite inventors, adrenaline junkies, mad scientist... you name it.</p><br clear="all"/>10 years, 4 million YouTube followers – meet the internet's favourite mad scientist<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/10-years-4-million-youtube-221255590.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/N0QifMN.rWZunJrG9vZbew--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/7edd1b036bab18afbad56306924a6c61" width="130" height="86" alt="10 years, 4 million YouTube followers – meet the internet&#039;s favourite mad scientist" align="left" title="10 years, 4 million YouTube followers – meet the internet&#039;s favourite mad scientist" border="0" /></a>Colin Furze has come a long way from his first videos, posted 10 years ago on his YouTube channel. That same channel now has over 3.9 million followers, making Furze one of the internet&#039;s favorite inventors/adrenaline junkies/mad scientists. Furze lives in a house with a big backyard in Stamford, Linconshire, which is basically where he builds most of his inventions. I went down there to meet with Furze and speak with him about his online longevity, and, hopefully, try out some of his creations. Furze welcomed me in through the backyard, where his homemade hoverbike and jet-powered go-kart lay. He then set off to go change into his trademark checkered shirt and tie outfit. Kind of like a thinner, sprightlier and British version of Jack Black in School of Rock. Speaking inside his shed and then moving on into his bunker, dug underneath his backyard, Furze and I discussed has path to YouTube stardom, which he mostly shrugged jokingly. &quot;I never went to university, I used to be a plumber – a very good job, but it&#039;s not really that useful when you&#039;re trying to make jet bikes or bunkers. It did come in handy when I built the world&#039;s fastest toilet.&quot; Now, he said, he&#039;s just happy that he can &quot;fly the flag for plumbers.&quot; But, ten years later, Furze&#039;s videos are more than just about wacky, at times dangerous, inventions. Some are straight out of the science fiction world and are mind-blowing in their simplicity and effectiveness. Take his magnetic shoes, inspired by Magneto from X-Men, that allowed him to walk on a ceiling. Or his toaster knife, which toasts bread as it slices it and comes right out of the Hitchhiker&#039;s Guide to the Galaxy. But it&#039;s his latest project that is also his most colossal – and somewhat topical in light of the upcoming &#039;Rogue One&#039; premiere– Furze built a gigantic Star Wars AT-AT garden den. And in that video I noticed something has changed in Furze&#039;s video repertoire – a cameo by his sons, eagerly climbing up to defend the AT-AT from impeding alien intruders. Can we expect an entire family of Furze inventors? We&#039;ll just have to wait and see.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/10-years-4-million-youtube-221255590.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 22:12:55 +0000Mashable Tech10-years-4-million-youtube-221255590<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/10-years-4-million-youtube-221255590.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/N0QifMN.rWZunJrG9vZbew--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/7edd1b036bab18afbad56306924a6c61" width="130" height="86" alt="10 years, 4 million YouTube followers – meet the internet&#039;s favourite mad scientist" align="left" title="10 years, 4 million YouTube followers – meet the internet&#039;s favourite mad scientist" border="0" /></a>Colin Furze has come a long way from his first videos, posted 10 years ago on his YouTube channel. That same channel now has over 3.9 million followers, making Furze one of the internet&#039;s favorite inventors/adrenaline junkies/mad scientists. Furze lives in a house with a big backyard in Stamford, Linconshire, which is basically where he builds most of his inventions. I went down there to meet with Furze and speak with him about his online longevity, and, hopefully, try out some of his creations. Furze welcomed me in through the backyard, where his homemade hoverbike and jet-powered go-kart lay. He then set off to go change into his trademark checkered shirt and tie outfit. Kind of like a thinner, sprightlier and British version of Jack Black in School of Rock. Speaking inside his shed and then moving on into his bunker, dug underneath his backyard, Furze and I discussed has path to YouTube stardom, which he mostly shrugged jokingly. &quot;I never went to university, I used to be a plumber – a very good job, but it&#039;s not really that useful when you&#039;re trying to make jet bikes or bunkers. It did come in handy when I built the world&#039;s fastest toilet.&quot; Now, he said, he&#039;s just happy that he can &quot;fly the flag for plumbers.&quot; But, ten years later, Furze&#039;s videos are more than just about wacky, at times dangerous, inventions. Some are straight out of the science fiction world and are mind-blowing in their simplicity and effectiveness. Take his magnetic shoes, inspired by Magneto from X-Men, that allowed him to walk on a ceiling. Or his toaster knife, which toasts bread as it slices it and comes right out of the Hitchhiker&#039;s Guide to the Galaxy. But it&#039;s his latest project that is also his most colossal – and somewhat topical in light of the upcoming &#039;Rogue One&#039; premiere– Furze built a gigantic Star Wars AT-AT garden den. And in that video I noticed something has changed in Furze&#039;s video repertoire – a cameo by his sons, eagerly climbing up to defend the AT-AT from impeding alien intruders. Can we expect an entire family of Furze inventors? We&#039;ll just have to wait and see.</p><br clear="all"/>Don't look now, but iPhone 6 battery explosions have been reported in China<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dont-look-now-iphone-6-220728795.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qSqRTpSNeGXxTSCMyqhcjg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/cf42776b0d4b1f59c03860514c4b31da" width="130" height="86" alt="Don&#039;t look now, but iPhone 6 battery explosions have been reported in China" align="left" title="Don&#039;t look now, but iPhone 6 battery explosions have been reported in China" border="0" /></a>While some iPhone 6S users have been frustrated by spontaneous battery shutdowns lately, there are others whose power struggles are a bit more explosive. Reports from China claim that some iPhone 6 batteries have been pulling a Note 7 and bursting into flames. SEE ALSO: Brace yourselves — we might be getting a new iPhone color next year The Shanghai Consumer Council (SHCC) filed a complaint against Apple on behalf of Chinese iPhone users who have experienced a range of issues with their devices, according to The International Business Times . Prominent among those problems: sudden spontaneous combustion. The filing alleges that from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, there were eight separate incidents of iPhone 6 or 6S devices smoking and exploding. In one instance (described through a translation), the complaint claimed that after one 6S Plus exploded, Apple replaced it without giving any explanation for the problem. iPhones explode in china too // iPhone在中国也炸了 充电时手机直接炸开差点着火_腾讯网触屏版 https://t.co/zew60BA4Jo pic.twitter.com/APc6w8gZ1r — John Artman (@KnowsNothing) December 5, 2016 Along with the spontaneous combustion issues, the filing mentions ID theft and the aforementioned battery shutdowns as the main problems consumers have reported. There were 2,763 complaints against Apple in China from the year&#039;s start through Nov. 30. After airing specific grievances, the SHCC requested three broad responses from Apple. It asked for Apple to take responsibility for the consumer, for the quality of its products and for its customer service practices. When reached for comment by Mashable , an Apple rep acknowledged the filing and the existence of the reported &quot;thermal incidents.&quot; &quot;We want to assure our customers that we thoroughly investigate any such report. We have been in touch with the customers and retrieved these units for analysis,&quot; the rep said. But according to Apple, these incidents weren&#039;t just random explosions. &quot;As part of our standard process, we do a thorough forensic investigation including CT scans, cross sections, and more,&quot; the rep told Mashable . &quot;The units we’ve analyzed so far have clearly shown that external physical damage happened to them which led to the thermal event. We treat safety as a top priority and have found no cause for concern with these products.&quot; BONUS: Drone footage shows just how insanely colossal Apple Campus 2 is</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dont-look-now-iphone-6-220728795.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 22:07:28 +0000Mashable Techdont-look-now-iphone-6-220728795<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dont-look-now-iphone-6-220728795.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qSqRTpSNeGXxTSCMyqhcjg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/cf42776b0d4b1f59c03860514c4b31da" width="130" height="86" alt="Don&#039;t look now, but iPhone 6 battery explosions have been reported in China" align="left" title="Don&#039;t look now, but iPhone 6 battery explosions have been reported in China" border="0" /></a>While some iPhone 6S users have been frustrated by spontaneous battery shutdowns lately, there are others whose power struggles are a bit more explosive. Reports from China claim that some iPhone 6 batteries have been pulling a Note 7 and bursting into flames. SEE ALSO: Brace yourselves — we might be getting a new iPhone color next year The Shanghai Consumer Council (SHCC) filed a complaint against Apple on behalf of Chinese iPhone users who have experienced a range of issues with their devices, according to The International Business Times . Prominent among those problems: sudden spontaneous combustion. The filing alleges that from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, there were eight separate incidents of iPhone 6 or 6S devices smoking and exploding. In one instance (described through a translation), the complaint claimed that after one 6S Plus exploded, Apple replaced it without giving any explanation for the problem. iPhones explode in china too // iPhone在中国也炸了 充电时手机直接炸开差点着火_腾讯网触屏版 https://t.co/zew60BA4Jo pic.twitter.com/APc6w8gZ1r — John Artman (@KnowsNothing) December 5, 2016 Along with the spontaneous combustion issues, the filing mentions ID theft and the aforementioned battery shutdowns as the main problems consumers have reported. There were 2,763 complaints against Apple in China from the year&#039;s start through Nov. 30. After airing specific grievances, the SHCC requested three broad responses from Apple. It asked for Apple to take responsibility for the consumer, for the quality of its products and for its customer service practices. When reached for comment by Mashable , an Apple rep acknowledged the filing and the existence of the reported &quot;thermal incidents.&quot; &quot;We want to assure our customers that we thoroughly investigate any such report. We have been in touch with the customers and retrieved these units for analysis,&quot; the rep said. But according to Apple, these incidents weren&#039;t just random explosions. &quot;As part of our standard process, we do a thorough forensic investigation including CT scans, cross sections, and more,&quot; the rep told Mashable . &quot;The units we’ve analyzed so far have clearly shown that external physical damage happened to them which led to the thermal event. We treat safety as a top priority and have found no cause for concern with these products.&quot; BONUS: Drone footage shows just how insanely colossal Apple Campus 2 is</p><br clear="all"/>Obama orders review of 2016 election cyber attacks<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/obama-orders-review-cyber-attacks-2016-election-adviser-150744936.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7j7CcZ.L7xwPaMsXVt_R1A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T150846Z_1006990002_LYNXMPECB812M_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-USA-ELECTION-CYBER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Obama visits MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida" align="left" title="Obama visits MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence agencies to review cyber attacks and foreign intervention into the 2016 election and deliver a report before he leaves office on Jan. 20, the White House said on Friday. In October, the U.S. government formally accused Russia of a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election, and Obama has said he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin about consequences for the attacks.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/obama-orders-review-cyber-attacks-2016-election-adviser-150744936.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 20:59:49 +0000Reutersobama-orders-review-cyber-attacks-2016-election-adviser-150744936<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/obama-orders-review-cyber-attacks-2016-election-adviser-150744936.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7j7CcZ.L7xwPaMsXVt_R1A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T150846Z_1006990002_LYNXMPECB812M_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-USA-ELECTION-CYBER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Obama visits MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida" align="left" title="Obama visits MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence agencies to review cyber attacks and foreign intervention into the 2016 election and deliver a report before he leaves office on Jan. 20, the White House said on Friday. In October, the U.S. government formally accused Russia of a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election, and Obama has said he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin about consequences for the attacks.</p><br clear="all"/>Someone made a tiny piano app for the MacBook Touch Bar<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/someone-made-tiny-piano-app-204059458.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Iy_egyW__nDmaVOuShuOsw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/c395c4c10c97baff91827fa159e5f9fe" width="130" height="86" alt="Someone made a tiny piano app for the MacBook Touch Bar" align="left" title="Someone made a tiny piano app for the MacBook Touch Bar" border="0" /></a>The Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro is either the best feature to come to the laptop in years or the most gimmicky, depending on where you stand. (Glowing reviews aside, I stand by my assessment that it looks like an ergonomic nightmare.) But that hasn&#039;t stopped creative developers from finding new uses for the Touch Bar. Now, one developer has made a new music app that turns the Touch Bar into what might be the world&#039;s tiniest piano. SEE ALSO: Despite mixed reactions, new MacBook Pro is selling like crazy Called Touch Bar Piano, the free app turns the Touch Bar into a tiny, but fully playable, piano. It&#039;s even possible to pick out individual keys well enough to play a song. If piano isn&#039;t your thing, the app includes 127 other instruments, including stringed instruments and choir sounds. Check it out in action in the video below. Unfortunately, the app is more of a &quot;toy&quot; for now, says developer Graham Parks, so you can&#039;t record what you play or do much else. But Parks says he&#039;s open to doing more with the app that he says he &quot;hacked together&quot; in a couple hours. &quot;If there&#039;s interest, I&#039;d love to make it interface with other music apps as a controller,&quot; Parks wrote in an email to Mashable . You can check out the app on Parks&#039; website. If you don&#039;t have a new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, though, you&#039;re out of luck. &quot;It does nothing useful on other Macs,&quot; according to Parks. h/t: Engadget BONUS: The 3 best things about the MacBook Pro&#039;s Touch Bar</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/someone-made-tiny-piano-app-204059458.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 20:40:59 +0000Mashable Techsomeone-made-tiny-piano-app-204059458<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/someone-made-tiny-piano-app-204059458.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Iy_egyW__nDmaVOuShuOsw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/c395c4c10c97baff91827fa159e5f9fe" width="130" height="86" alt="Someone made a tiny piano app for the MacBook Touch Bar" align="left" title="Someone made a tiny piano app for the MacBook Touch Bar" border="0" /></a>The Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro is either the best feature to come to the laptop in years or the most gimmicky, depending on where you stand. (Glowing reviews aside, I stand by my assessment that it looks like an ergonomic nightmare.) But that hasn&#039;t stopped creative developers from finding new uses for the Touch Bar. Now, one developer has made a new music app that turns the Touch Bar into what might be the world&#039;s tiniest piano. SEE ALSO: Despite mixed reactions, new MacBook Pro is selling like crazy Called Touch Bar Piano, the free app turns the Touch Bar into a tiny, but fully playable, piano. It&#039;s even possible to pick out individual keys well enough to play a song. If piano isn&#039;t your thing, the app includes 127 other instruments, including stringed instruments and choir sounds. Check it out in action in the video below. Unfortunately, the app is more of a &quot;toy&quot; for now, says developer Graham Parks, so you can&#039;t record what you play or do much else. But Parks says he&#039;s open to doing more with the app that he says he &quot;hacked together&quot; in a couple hours. &quot;If there&#039;s interest, I&#039;d love to make it interface with other music apps as a controller,&quot; Parks wrote in an email to Mashable . You can check out the app on Parks&#039; website. If you don&#039;t have a new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, though, you&#039;re out of luck. &quot;It does nothing useful on other Macs,&quot; according to Parks. h/t: Engadget BONUS: The 3 best things about the MacBook Pro&#039;s Touch Bar</p><br clear="all"/>Kodak is using nostalgia to win its way back into your heart<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kodak-using-nostalgia-win-way-203915012.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H911WwupJANUZF3YYMtBSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/e15788a063aabd26d039d2e8177e5079" width="130" height="86" alt="Kodak is using nostalgia to win its way back into your heart" align="left" title="Kodak is using nostalgia to win its way back into your heart" border="0" /></a>For many of us, or at least those born before the 2000s, Kodak can really bring back memories. It was the company behind those hunky yellow disposable cameras of the &#039;90s. It was a pioneer in photography and motion picture film, breaking into the industry back in the 1880s. But with a withering name that&#039;s now more nostalgic than contemporary, the 128-year-old company is now vying for its place in the digital world, with a new app and camera phone leading the way. Kodak is banking on that love of the past, a tactic it&#039;s used before and continues to push time and time again. Kodak&#039;s new camera phone, now available across the UK and Europe, has a vintage design with leather lining that clings onto what&#039;s retro. While it&#039;s all about modern photo technology, it&#039;s still very clearly playing off the original Ektra camera from the 1940s. SEE ALSO: One of the most popular 360-degree cameras now has a cheaper sibling The smartphone will be available in the U.S. by April, Kodak tweeted. The new Kodak Ektra smartphone is all about the camera. Image: KODAK In another move toward modernity with a retro twist, Kodak&#039;s Reel Film app and website gives people a way to search for nearby theater showings of classic movies shot on film rather than digital. The real thing, to many filmmakers, is the 35mm film they say gave a richer textual quality to movies before the revolution of digital-made movies that came with the 21st Century. Image: kodak reel film website The Kodak Reel Film website is a database that seems to offer something unique. Within the search results, there&#039;s a handful of recent productions shot on film (including this year&#039;s Jackie , with Natalie Portman) and a bevy of cinematically rich classics like Stanley Kubrick&#039;s brilliantly gory Clockwork Orange, all with descriptions and, if available, nearby showtimes. BONUS: This triple spiral of 15,000 dominoes falling down is incredibly satisfying to watch</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kodak-using-nostalgia-win-way-203915012.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 20:39:15 +0000Mashable Techkodak-using-nostalgia-win-way-203915012<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kodak-using-nostalgia-win-way-203915012.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H911WwupJANUZF3YYMtBSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/e15788a063aabd26d039d2e8177e5079" width="130" height="86" alt="Kodak is using nostalgia to win its way back into your heart" align="left" title="Kodak is using nostalgia to win its way back into your heart" border="0" /></a>For many of us, or at least those born before the 2000s, Kodak can really bring back memories. It was the company behind those hunky yellow disposable cameras of the &#039;90s. It was a pioneer in photography and motion picture film, breaking into the industry back in the 1880s. But with a withering name that&#039;s now more nostalgic than contemporary, the 128-year-old company is now vying for its place in the digital world, with a new app and camera phone leading the way. Kodak is banking on that love of the past, a tactic it&#039;s used before and continues to push time and time again. Kodak&#039;s new camera phone, now available across the UK and Europe, has a vintage design with leather lining that clings onto what&#039;s retro. While it&#039;s all about modern photo technology, it&#039;s still very clearly playing off the original Ektra camera from the 1940s. SEE ALSO: One of the most popular 360-degree cameras now has a cheaper sibling The smartphone will be available in the U.S. by April, Kodak tweeted. The new Kodak Ektra smartphone is all about the camera. Image: KODAK In another move toward modernity with a retro twist, Kodak&#039;s Reel Film app and website gives people a way to search for nearby theater showings of classic movies shot on film rather than digital. The real thing, to many filmmakers, is the 35mm film they say gave a richer textual quality to movies before the revolution of digital-made movies that came with the 21st Century. Image: kodak reel film website The Kodak Reel Film website is a database that seems to offer something unique. Within the search results, there&#039;s a handful of recent productions shot on film (including this year&#039;s Jackie , with Natalie Portman) and a bevy of cinematically rich classics like Stanley Kubrick&#039;s brilliantly gory Clockwork Orange, all with descriptions and, if available, nearby showtimes. BONUS: This triple spiral of 15,000 dominoes falling down is incredibly satisfying to watch</p><br clear="all"/>Verizon refuses to push out Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 kill switch<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/verizon-refuses-push-samsungs-galaxy-184714806.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yCv0tkvZg4lnqNuT1ifTBA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/404795d029e0a7e438adfbd6021aa048" width="130" height="86" alt="Verizon refuses to push out Samsung&#039;s Galaxy Note 7 kill switch" align="left" title="Verizon refuses to push out Samsung&#039;s Galaxy Note 7 kill switch" border="0" /></a>Just when it looked like the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was finally going the way of the dodo, the biggest mobile carrier in the U.S. has stepped in to give the explosive handset&#039;s loyalists another excuse to cling to it a little longer. SEE ALSO: Samsung gets a big chunk of money back from Apple Shortly after Samsung announced its plan to issue a software update to permanently disable any remaining Note 7&#039;s active on U.S. networks, Verizon issued its own news release declaring that the carrier will not support the effort. The statement, which was attributed to Vice President of Global Corporate Communications Jeffrey Nelson, voiced the carrier&#039;s concerns for the well-being of stubborn Note 7 holdouts: It&#039;s important to note (no pun intended) that Samsung Canada&#039;s announcement regarding the Note 7&#039;s shutdown addressed these concerns directly. Canadian holdouts will have their mobile network services completely shut off — but the updates there won&#039;t brick the phone entirely, leaving the ability to dial 9-1-1 intact. Responses from the other major U.S. carriers have been more supportive. Sprint issued a newsroom statement in support of Samsung&#039;s update, urging Note 7 users on the network to immediately power off the device and take the proper steps to replace it through the carrier&#039;s exchange program. A T-Mobile rep responded to Mashable with a statement supporting Samsung&#039;s software update as well: In lieu of an official newsroom release, an AT&amp;T spokesperson told Mashable it will soon send Note 7 owners this statement in the form of an SMS message: Mashable also reached out to US Cellular for its stance on the matter and will update the story upon receiving a response. (This story was updated to reflect T-Mobile&#039;s statement at 4:15 p.m. EST, then later to reflect AT&amp;T&#039;s message at 4:35 p.m. EST). BONUS: Stylish case can also protect your iPhone in a 45-foot drop</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/verizon-refuses-push-samsungs-galaxy-184714806.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 18:47:14 +0000Mashable Techverizon-refuses-push-samsungs-galaxy-184714806<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/verizon-refuses-push-samsungs-galaxy-184714806.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yCv0tkvZg4lnqNuT1ifTBA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/404795d029e0a7e438adfbd6021aa048" width="130" height="86" alt="Verizon refuses to push out Samsung&#039;s Galaxy Note 7 kill switch" align="left" title="Verizon refuses to push out Samsung&#039;s Galaxy Note 7 kill switch" border="0" /></a>Just when it looked like the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was finally going the way of the dodo, the biggest mobile carrier in the U.S. has stepped in to give the explosive handset&#039;s loyalists another excuse to cling to it a little longer. SEE ALSO: Samsung gets a big chunk of money back from Apple Shortly after Samsung announced its plan to issue a software update to permanently disable any remaining Note 7&#039;s active on U.S. networks, Verizon issued its own news release declaring that the carrier will not support the effort. The statement, which was attributed to Vice President of Global Corporate Communications Jeffrey Nelson, voiced the carrier&#039;s concerns for the well-being of stubborn Note 7 holdouts: It&#039;s important to note (no pun intended) that Samsung Canada&#039;s announcement regarding the Note 7&#039;s shutdown addressed these concerns directly. Canadian holdouts will have their mobile network services completely shut off — but the updates there won&#039;t brick the phone entirely, leaving the ability to dial 9-1-1 intact. Responses from the other major U.S. carriers have been more supportive. Sprint issued a newsroom statement in support of Samsung&#039;s update, urging Note 7 users on the network to immediately power off the device and take the proper steps to replace it through the carrier&#039;s exchange program. A T-Mobile rep responded to Mashable with a statement supporting Samsung&#039;s software update as well: In lieu of an official newsroom release, an AT&amp;T spokesperson told Mashable it will soon send Note 7 owners this statement in the form of an SMS message: Mashable also reached out to US Cellular for its stance on the matter and will update the story upon receiving a response. (This story was updated to reflect T-Mobile&#039;s statement at 4:15 p.m. EST, then later to reflect AT&amp;T&#039;s message at 4:35 p.m. EST). BONUS: Stylish case can also protect your iPhone in a 45-foot drop</p><br clear="all"/>Samsung to disable Note 7 phones in the U.S. via software update<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-disable-note-7-phones-u-via-software-174341856--finance.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5wONZMtUHaHsZy_l5xNIhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T181214Z_2_LYNXMPECB81BD_RTROPTP_2_SAMSUNG-ELEC-SMARTPHONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A customer uses his Samsung Electronics&#039; Galaxy Note 7 as he waits for exchange at company&#039;s headquarters in Seoul" align="left" title="A customer uses his Samsung Electronics&#039; Galaxy Note 7 as he waits for exchange at company&#039;s headquarters in Seoul" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday that a software update for Galaxy Note 7 smartphones will be released mid-December in the United States preventing them from charging and functioning as mobile phones, rendering them useless. The smartphone maker said that more than 93 percent of all recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices had been returned as a part of its exchange program in the United States. http://bit.ly/2glcQtG The U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-disable-note-7-phones-u-via-software-174341856--finance.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 18:12:14 +0000Reuterssamsung-disable-note-7-phones-u-via-software-174341856--finance<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-disable-note-7-phones-u-via-software-174341856--finance.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5wONZMtUHaHsZy_l5xNIhg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T181214Z_2_LYNXMPECB81BD_RTROPTP_2_SAMSUNG-ELEC-SMARTPHONES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A customer uses his Samsung Electronics&#039; Galaxy Note 7 as he waits for exchange at company&#039;s headquarters in Seoul" align="left" title="A customer uses his Samsung Electronics&#039; Galaxy Note 7 as he waits for exchange at company&#039;s headquarters in Seoul" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday that a software update for Galaxy Note 7 smartphones will be released mid-December in the United States preventing them from charging and functioning as mobile phones, rendering them useless. The smartphone maker said that more than 93 percent of all recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices had been returned as a part of its exchange program in the United States. http://bit.ly/2glcQtG The U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Exclusive: Japan's TDK in talks to buy iPhone supplier InvenSense - sources<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-japans-tdk-talks-buy-iphone-supplier-invensense-164851567--finance.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RVqHA4_fGdl00TpoPQHOGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T164851Z_1_LYNXMPECB818Q_RTROPTP_2_TDK-CEO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The logo of TDK Corp. is displayed at the entrance of the company headquarters building in Tokyo" align="left" title="The logo of TDK Corp. is displayed at the entrance of the company headquarters building in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>The deal would allow TDK, already a major smartphone components supplier, to boost its sensor technology offerings. InvenSense designs gyroscopes which help smartphones calculate motion, enabling augmented reality games such as Pokemon Go. TDK has offered $12 per share to acquire InvenSense, one of the people said, cautioning that negotiations are ongoing and that terms could still change before a potential deal is reached.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-japans-tdk-talks-buy-iphone-supplier-invensense-164851567--finance.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 17:50:11 +0000Reutersexclusive-japans-tdk-talks-buy-iphone-supplier-invensense-164851567--finance<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-japans-tdk-talks-buy-iphone-supplier-invensense-164851567--finance.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RVqHA4_fGdl00TpoPQHOGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T164851Z_1_LYNXMPECB818Q_RTROPTP_2_TDK-CEO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The logo of TDK Corp. is displayed at the entrance of the company headquarters building in Tokyo" align="left" title="The logo of TDK Corp. is displayed at the entrance of the company headquarters building in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>The deal would allow TDK, already a major smartphone components supplier, to boost its sensor technology offerings. InvenSense designs gyroscopes which help smartphones calculate motion, enabling augmented reality games such as Pokemon Go. TDK has offered $12 per share to acquire InvenSense, one of the people said, cautioning that negotiations are ongoing and that terms could still change before a potential deal is reached.</p><br clear="all"/>Apple ordered to replace Danish man's iPhone with new model<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/apple-ordered-replace-danish-mans-173353003.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FDpVol0VW34C6zX_vQWMvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snappa.uktech/68814948ac374ef4d50d4979e5b7222d" width="130" height="86" alt="Apple ordered to replace Danish man&#039;s iPhone with new model" align="left" title="Apple ordered to replace Danish man&#039;s iPhone with new model" border="0" /></a>The court case was brought after he was issued with a refurbished iPhone 4.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/apple-ordered-replace-danish-mans-173353003.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 17:33:53 +0000SNAPPA Technologyapple-ordered-replace-danish-mans-173353003<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/apple-ordered-replace-danish-mans-173353003.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FDpVol0VW34C6zX_vQWMvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snappa.uktech/68814948ac374ef4d50d4979e5b7222d" width="130" height="86" alt="Apple ordered to replace Danish man&#039;s iPhone with new model" align="left" title="Apple ordered to replace Danish man&#039;s iPhone with new model" border="0" /></a>The court case was brought after he was issued with a refurbished iPhone 4.</p><br clear="all"/>The 12 best iPhone apps of 2016<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/12-best-iphone-apps-2016-162816639.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7DyvWdJxULx_a4bgHc5RRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/4f0e2ea25b4a83c7957e721786db5bf5" width="130" height="86" alt="The 12 best iPhone apps of 2016" align="left" title="The 12 best iPhone apps of 2016" border="0" /></a>Developers had a busy year. Though some tried to claim that 2016 was the year apps were dying, the App Store saw some of its biggest changes — and its biggest hits — yet. From Pokémon Go to chatbots and all the apps that helped us take better selfies, the app world showed it could still surprise us this year, even finding fresh, compelling takes on old categories like photo filters and social networking. SEE ALSO: The 16 biggest tech stories of 2016 Here are the iPhone apps we&#039;re most happy to have welcomed to our home screens in 2016. 1. Digit Digit takes the pain out of saving money by automating the process for you. Connect the app to your bank account and it learns your spending habits over time. As it does, it quietly withdraws money based on your spending and puts it aside for you. You can dip into your savings whenever you need and the app helps you track your daily spending and monitor account balances. 2. Google Trips Think of Google&#039;s new travel app as your offline travel agent. The app scans your email to find information about past and future trips and organizes all your reservations and travel details into custom itineraries complete with personalized suggestions on attractions to visit and places to stay. The best, part, though is that you can download all the details you need before you go so you don&#039;t have to worry about losing a Wi-Fi connection once you get there. 3. Houseparty From the creators of Meerkat (RIP), Houseparty is a group video chat app that may not make a lot of sense to you unless you&#039;re under 25. Still, the app has amassed a large user base thanks to its simple and spontaneous approach to enabling group video calls. 4. Marsbot 2016 was the year that &quot;bot&quot; entered the popular lexicon as seemingly every major tech company made some sort of chatbot. But while most have been disappointing, Marsbot, which uses Foursquare&#039;s deep database of location info, is much more useful than gimmicky. The app keeps track of your location and messages you recommendations based on where you go and what you like. Yes, some may find the always-on location sharing a bit disconcerting, but it&#039;s also what makes its suggestions so accurate. 5. Motion Stills Image: google The fact that Apple&#039;s Live Photos still don&#039;t play nice with many other platforms makes the feature easy to ignore. Google&#039;s Motion Stills helps make them useful again with an app that easily converts Live Photos into videos or GIFs. 6. MSQRD No doubt buoyed by the success of Snapchat&#039;s selfie lenses and face-swapping, MSQRD quickly became a huge hit with its own take on &quot;live filters&quot; and face swapping. The app boasts way more effects than Snapchat so you don&#039;t have to cycle through the same &quot;masks&quot; day after day. It didn&#039;t take long before Facebook snapped it up for its own apps. 7. MuseCam The fact that MuseCam supports RAW photo capture with manual controls alone would be enough to make us love MuseCam but the app also sets itself apart with its beautiful presets that put Instagram&#039;s filters to shame. It also has a solid set of professional-feeling editing tools and it doesn&#039;t compress your image when you&#039;re done. 8. Peach Created by one of the cofounders of Vine, Peach captured our attention with its unique &quot;magic word&quot;-centered approach to social sharing. The app was sort of a weird mashup of Slack meets Twitter meets messaging and the Internet loved it all the same. The furor has since died down but Peach earns itself a spot on this list for accomplishing the Herculean task of coming up with a unique social app in 2016. 9. PhotoScan Who doesn&#039;t have old family photos lying around somewhere. Google&#039;s PhotoScan makes it dead-simple to convert old printed photos into digital images you can preserve and share in Google Photos. The app even makes some basic adjustments for you so the scanned images look their best. 10. Pokémon Go Arguably the app of the year, Pokémon Go blasted into the App Store and quickly broke just about every record (and may have helped Apple set a few ones.) The game capitalized on Pokémon nostalgia and introduced many players to augmented reality. Excitement around the game has since cooled off but the app remains one of the biggest hits of the year. 11. Prisma There are many photo apps that specialize in heavily stylized filters, yet few stand out. Prisma caught the attention of iPhone photographers around the world with its art-inspired filters for photos and videos. The filters, based on real-world works of art, make even the most mundane photos look cool. Even cooler still is the artificial intelligence tech that works behind the scenes to make the filters possible. 12. Slither.io Image: Steve Howse Proof that sometimes a new spin on an old classic can be just what we need, Slither.io rocketed to the top of the App Store charts with its Snake -inspired game. Players compete simultaneously as they try to eat enough to grow bigger while staying out of everyone else&#039;s way. The fact that all players compete at the same time only makes its more competitive — and endlessly addicting. BONUS: The 100 best iPhone apps of all time</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/12-best-iphone-apps-2016-162816639.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 16:28:16 +0000Mashable Tech12-best-iphone-apps-2016-162816639<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/12-best-iphone-apps-2016-162816639.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7DyvWdJxULx_a4bgHc5RRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/4f0e2ea25b4a83c7957e721786db5bf5" width="130" height="86" alt="The 12 best iPhone apps of 2016" align="left" title="The 12 best iPhone apps of 2016" border="0" /></a>Developers had a busy year. Though some tried to claim that 2016 was the year apps were dying, the App Store saw some of its biggest changes — and its biggest hits — yet. From Pokémon Go to chatbots and all the apps that helped us take better selfies, the app world showed it could still surprise us this year, even finding fresh, compelling takes on old categories like photo filters and social networking. SEE ALSO: The 16 biggest tech stories of 2016 Here are the iPhone apps we&#039;re most happy to have welcomed to our home screens in 2016. 1. Digit Digit takes the pain out of saving money by automating the process for you. Connect the app to your bank account and it learns your spending habits over time. As it does, it quietly withdraws money based on your spending and puts it aside for you. You can dip into your savings whenever you need and the app helps you track your daily spending and monitor account balances. 2. Google Trips Think of Google&#039;s new travel app as your offline travel agent. The app scans your email to find information about past and future trips and organizes all your reservations and travel details into custom itineraries complete with personalized suggestions on attractions to visit and places to stay. The best, part, though is that you can download all the details you need before you go so you don&#039;t have to worry about losing a Wi-Fi connection once you get there. 3. Houseparty From the creators of Meerkat (RIP), Houseparty is a group video chat app that may not make a lot of sense to you unless you&#039;re under 25. Still, the app has amassed a large user base thanks to its simple and spontaneous approach to enabling group video calls. 4. Marsbot 2016 was the year that &quot;bot&quot; entered the popular lexicon as seemingly every major tech company made some sort of chatbot. But while most have been disappointing, Marsbot, which uses Foursquare&#039;s deep database of location info, is much more useful than gimmicky. The app keeps track of your location and messages you recommendations based on where you go and what you like. Yes, some may find the always-on location sharing a bit disconcerting, but it&#039;s also what makes its suggestions so accurate. 5. Motion Stills Image: google The fact that Apple&#039;s Live Photos still don&#039;t play nice with many other platforms makes the feature easy to ignore. Google&#039;s Motion Stills helps make them useful again with an app that easily converts Live Photos into videos or GIFs. 6. MSQRD No doubt buoyed by the success of Snapchat&#039;s selfie lenses and face-swapping, MSQRD quickly became a huge hit with its own take on &quot;live filters&quot; and face swapping. The app boasts way more effects than Snapchat so you don&#039;t have to cycle through the same &quot;masks&quot; day after day. It didn&#039;t take long before Facebook snapped it up for its own apps. 7. MuseCam The fact that MuseCam supports RAW photo capture with manual controls alone would be enough to make us love MuseCam but the app also sets itself apart with its beautiful presets that put Instagram&#039;s filters to shame. It also has a solid set of professional-feeling editing tools and it doesn&#039;t compress your image when you&#039;re done. 8. Peach Created by one of the cofounders of Vine, Peach captured our attention with its unique &quot;magic word&quot;-centered approach to social sharing. The app was sort of a weird mashup of Slack meets Twitter meets messaging and the Internet loved it all the same. The furor has since died down but Peach earns itself a spot on this list for accomplishing the Herculean task of coming up with a unique social app in 2016. 9. PhotoScan Who doesn&#039;t have old family photos lying around somewhere. Google&#039;s PhotoScan makes it dead-simple to convert old printed photos into digital images you can preserve and share in Google Photos. The app even makes some basic adjustments for you so the scanned images look their best. 10. Pokémon Go Arguably the app of the year, Pokémon Go blasted into the App Store and quickly broke just about every record (and may have helped Apple set a few ones.) The game capitalized on Pokémon nostalgia and introduced many players to augmented reality. Excitement around the game has since cooled off but the app remains one of the biggest hits of the year. 11. Prisma There are many photo apps that specialize in heavily stylized filters, yet few stand out. Prisma caught the attention of iPhone photographers around the world with its art-inspired filters for photos and videos. The filters, based on real-world works of art, make even the most mundane photos look cool. Even cooler still is the artificial intelligence tech that works behind the scenes to make the filters possible. 12. Slither.io Image: Steve Howse Proof that sometimes a new spin on an old classic can be just what we need, Slither.io rocketed to the top of the App Store charts with its Snake -inspired game. Players compete simultaneously as they try to eat enough to grow bigger while staying out of everyone else&#039;s way. The fact that all players compete at the same time only makes its more competitive — and endlessly addicting. BONUS: The 100 best iPhone apps of all time</p><br clear="all"/>Snapchat: How the vanishing-photo app managed not to fade<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/snapchat-vanishing-photo-app-managed-161837821.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Fi7bce.njNJY5aPotbQGQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/fe948457420a48e2a8572bbc40ee4a55_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Snapchat: How the vanishing-photo app managed not to fade" align="left" title="Snapchat: How the vanishing-photo app managed not to fade" border="0" /></a>Snapchat has managed to build something lasting out of photos that vanished almost instantly. The fast-growing social network for millennials has come a long way since its founder Evan Spiegel dropped ...</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/snapchat-vanishing-photo-app-managed-161837821.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 16:18:37 +0000Associated Presssnapchat-vanishing-photo-app-managed-161837821<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/snapchat-vanishing-photo-app-managed-161837821.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Fi7bce.njNJY5aPotbQGQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/fe948457420a48e2a8572bbc40ee4a55_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Snapchat: How the vanishing-photo app managed not to fade" align="left" title="Snapchat: How the vanishing-photo app managed not to fade" border="0" /></a>Snapchat has managed to build something lasting out of photos that vanished almost instantly. The fast-growing social network for millennials has come a long way since its founder Evan Spiegel dropped ...</p><br clear="all"/>Samsung is taking a drastic step to permanently end the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-taking-drastic-step-permanently-160725848.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/USEhu76Tn_HHG3FHkJ3ukA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/a69ada5c2bc875096939c7e7470990b4" width="130" height="86" alt="Samsung is taking a drastic step to permanently end the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco" align="left" title="Samsung is taking a drastic step to permanently end the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco" border="0" /></a>While production and sale of new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices stopped back in October, some users have been slow to give up their ticking timebombs defective handsets. Now the fiery saga of the Note 7 is coming to a final end. Samsung has announced that, beginning Dec. 19, it will remotely update all Galaxy Note 7 devices in the U.S. so they can no longer be charged or work with cellular networks, effectively bricking them. It published the statement on its website. &quot;Together with our carrier partners, we will be notifying consumers through multiple touchpoints to encourage any remaining Galaxy Note7 owners to participate in the program and to take advantage of the financial incentives available,&quot; the statement read. The news was preceded by reports, including one on The Verge , describing the plans. At least one Note 7 owner on US Cellular received an alert from the provider that warned them of an impending system shutdown: &quot;As of December 15th, Samsung will modify the software to prevent the Galaxy Note 7 from charging. The phone will no longer work.&quot; The BBC reports that Note 7s in the UK will have their charging capacity capped at 30 percent on Dec. 15, after a similar move setting the threshold to 60 percent in September resulted in the return of all but 10 percent of the devices in Europe. Samsung Canada politely announced its plans to halt service for the remaining Note7 devices in the Canadian market as well. By Dec. 15, active Note 7s will be hit by &quot;functional limitations,&quot; disabling from all networks. In a very Canadian move, the devices will still be sent daily push notifications reminding their owners to return their exploding phones, please. By the end of the year, most of the Note 7s left in the Western hemisphere will be rendered completely useless. If you&#039;re one of those sticking through till the end, it&#039;s time to give up. BONUS: Drone footage shows just how insanely colossal Apple Campus 2 is </p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-taking-drastic-step-permanently-160725848.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 16:07:25 +0000Mashable Techsamsung-taking-drastic-step-permanently-160725848<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-taking-drastic-step-permanently-160725848.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/USEhu76Tn_HHG3FHkJ3ukA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/a69ada5c2bc875096939c7e7470990b4" width="130" height="86" alt="Samsung is taking a drastic step to permanently end the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco" align="left" title="Samsung is taking a drastic step to permanently end the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco" border="0" /></a>While production and sale of new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices stopped back in October, some users have been slow to give up their ticking timebombs defective handsets. Now the fiery saga of the Note 7 is coming to a final end. Samsung has announced that, beginning Dec. 19, it will remotely update all Galaxy Note 7 devices in the U.S. so they can no longer be charged or work with cellular networks, effectively bricking them. It published the statement on its website. &quot;Together with our carrier partners, we will be notifying consumers through multiple touchpoints to encourage any remaining Galaxy Note7 owners to participate in the program and to take advantage of the financial incentives available,&quot; the statement read. The news was preceded by reports, including one on The Verge , describing the plans. At least one Note 7 owner on US Cellular received an alert from the provider that warned them of an impending system shutdown: &quot;As of December 15th, Samsung will modify the software to prevent the Galaxy Note 7 from charging. The phone will no longer work.&quot; The BBC reports that Note 7s in the UK will have their charging capacity capped at 30 percent on Dec. 15, after a similar move setting the threshold to 60 percent in September resulted in the return of all but 10 percent of the devices in Europe. Samsung Canada politely announced its plans to halt service for the remaining Note7 devices in the Canadian market as well. By Dec. 15, active Note 7s will be hit by &quot;functional limitations,&quot; disabling from all networks. In a very Canadian move, the devices will still be sent daily push notifications reminding their owners to return their exploding phones, please. By the end of the year, most of the Note 7s left in the Western hemisphere will be rendered completely useless. If you&#039;re one of those sticking through till the end, it&#039;s time to give up. BONUS: Drone footage shows just how insanely colossal Apple Campus 2 is </p><br clear="all"/>The VR headset for iPhone we've been waiting for is here<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vr-headset-iphone-weve-waiting-160000996.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l8qF_tqjzyKz6Z863nJD_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/0ad5e5a590643955adf8d5e3add0f8a1" width="130" height="86" alt="The VR headset for iPhone we&#039;ve been waiting for is here" align="left" title="The VR headset for iPhone we&#039;ve been waiting for is here" border="0" /></a>This was supposed to be the year of virtual reality. It kinda was, but it mostly wasn&#039;t, if you judge by how much it actually penetrated the mainstream. VR still has plenty of obstacles to overcome, one of them being that it&#039;s difficult to get a decent VR experience on the world&#039;s most popular smartphone, the iPhone. Most viewers aren&#039;t much better than Google Cardboard, and no matter how good they are, using them for augmented reality, where the viewer uses the iPhone&#039;s camera to give you a mixed-reality experience, is pretty much garbage. SEE ALSO: Touching things in VR with your real hands is a total game changer Here&#039;s where Occipital saw a big opportunity. The startup created its Structure Sensor iPad accessory specifically to take detailed, real-time scans of a room. It occurred to the creators that if they built the sensor into a VR headset, that headset would have room-scale VR powers along the lines of the HTC Vive, where virtual objects are not only mixed with the real world, but can also interact with the viewer and the environment on the fly. Enter the Bridge. At first glance, it looks like one of the many no-name VR headsets you can get on Amazon: it&#039;s white with black straps, with a door in front that fits an iPhone 6 or 6S (there&#039;s an iPhone 7 version too which is slightly different to accommodate the new camera). Then you see the oblong sensor array protruding from the front. That, of course, is the Structure Sensor, which powers the augmented-reality experience. I got a chance to try out the Bridge at Mashable&#039;s offices, and it was definitely the best AR/VR headset demo I&#039;ve ever seen on an iPhone. Scanning the room with the Occipital Bridge Engine. Image: Lili Sams/Mashable Using a demo app powered by Occipital&#039;s &quot;Bridge Engine&quot; software, the Bridge starts by scanning the environment you&#039;re in. Once that&#039;s done, the room appears on your screen, just as it would in reality, except the iPhone only shows the parts of the room you&#039;ve scanned. The unscanned parts (mostly what&#039;s behind you) are left as a gray void. It&#039;s a little weird, and I&#039;d favor keeping unscanned parts &quot;live&quot; on the screen (that is, taking the view directly from the camera), but I get why they&#039;re not there. Occipital has created a robot character, named Bridget that can interact with you and the room. Tell Bridget to fetch a virtual object and she&#039;ll go get it, avoiding real-world furniture along the way. You can tell her to seek out a power outlet for recharging (she doesn&#039;t really recharge, of course), and she&#039;ll get sad if physical objects get in her way. The tiny robot is &quot;Bridget,&quot; a character you can interact with in augmented reality. Image: Lili Sams/Mashable Most of the interaction is done via a wireless controller that&#039;s sort of like a mini Wiimote. Tap a button and you&#039;ll see a green dot that&#039;s essentially a mouse cursor. You can use that to &quot;click&quot; on Bridget or part of the environment. One of the more thrilling things to do with the Bridge is go full virtual. If you click on Bridget, she&#039;ll display a menu of five 3D objects, and if you pick the one that looks like a person escaping, a huge virtual doorway will open in front of you. Step through it and you&#039;ll suddenly be in a fully virtual environment; the one I was in looked like a futuristic observation deck. The prototype Bridge controller. Image: Lili Sams/Mashable As with the Vive, the headset will pause the VR or AR world to show you a ghostly frame of the real world environment if it gets confused. Unlike the Vive, that seems to happen fairly often. This is a 1.0 experience, so there are definitely bugs to work out. But there are also limits to what a mobile device can do compared to a PC-driven headset or dedicated AR hardware like Microsoft HoloLens. The Bridge is impressive, however Occipital isn&#039;t aiming to just sell a few headsets, but rather to launch the headset as a platform. It&#039;s compatible with current VR/AR apps, of course. Yet developers can also build experiences with the Bridge&#039;s unique brand of spatial awareness and potentially open up games or game-like apps where you can perform tasks with objects, something usually reserved for high-end VR experiences. The Bridge is made of aluminum and has a magnetic door for the iPhone so you don&#039;t have to mess with latches. Image: Lili Sams/Mashable The Bridge Explorer Edition, meant for developers, is shipping in December for $499, while the consumer version arrives in March 2017 for $399. Both come with the controller, though the first Explorer versions will have it shipped separately. With the Bridge, Occipital wants to use its sensor tech to catapult into a leadership position in VR, at least as far as the iPhone is concerned. It&#039;s a smart, if riskily ambitious strategy. With Samsung and Google dominating the conversation on Android and Oculus and HTC locking up the high end, that leaves the iPhone as the last major frontier for VR to conquer. Since Apple has been silent on the matter, it&#039;s essentially a free-for-all. And Occipital&#039;s Bridge looks like a strong contender to be the defining VR experience for iPhone. The rear has a crank for tightening. Image: Lili Sams/Mashable BONUS: This revolutionary bike is powered by your steps</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vr-headset-iphone-weve-waiting-160000996.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 16:00:00 +0000Mashable Techvr-headset-iphone-weve-waiting-160000996<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vr-headset-iphone-weve-waiting-160000996.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l8qF_tqjzyKz6Z863nJD_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/0ad5e5a590643955adf8d5e3add0f8a1" width="130" height="86" alt="The VR headset for iPhone we&#039;ve been waiting for is here" align="left" title="The VR headset for iPhone we&#039;ve been waiting for is here" border="0" /></a>This was supposed to be the year of virtual reality. It kinda was, but it mostly wasn&#039;t, if you judge by how much it actually penetrated the mainstream. VR still has plenty of obstacles to overcome, one of them being that it&#039;s difficult to get a decent VR experience on the world&#039;s most popular smartphone, the iPhone. Most viewers aren&#039;t much better than Google Cardboard, and no matter how good they are, using them for augmented reality, where the viewer uses the iPhone&#039;s camera to give you a mixed-reality experience, is pretty much garbage. SEE ALSO: Touching things in VR with your real hands is a total game changer Here&#039;s where Occipital saw a big opportunity. The startup created its Structure Sensor iPad accessory specifically to take detailed, real-time scans of a room. It occurred to the creators that if they built the sensor into a VR headset, that headset would have room-scale VR powers along the lines of the HTC Vive, where virtual objects are not only mixed with the real world, but can also interact with the viewer and the environment on the fly. Enter the Bridge. At first glance, it looks like one of the many no-name VR headsets you can get on Amazon: it&#039;s white with black straps, with a door in front that fits an iPhone 6 or 6S (there&#039;s an iPhone 7 version too which is slightly different to accommodate the new camera). Then you see the oblong sensor array protruding from the front. That, of course, is the Structure Sensor, which powers the augmented-reality experience. I got a chance to try out the Bridge at Mashable&#039;s offices, and it was definitely the best AR/VR headset demo I&#039;ve ever seen on an iPhone. Scanning the room with the Occipital Bridge Engine. Image: Lili Sams/Mashable Using a demo app powered by Occipital&#039;s &quot;Bridge Engine&quot; software, the Bridge starts by scanning the environment you&#039;re in. Once that&#039;s done, the room appears on your screen, just as it would in reality, except the iPhone only shows the parts of the room you&#039;ve scanned. The unscanned parts (mostly what&#039;s behind you) are left as a gray void. It&#039;s a little weird, and I&#039;d favor keeping unscanned parts &quot;live&quot; on the screen (that is, taking the view directly from the camera), but I get why they&#039;re not there. Occipital has created a robot character, named Bridget that can interact with you and the room. Tell Bridget to fetch a virtual object and she&#039;ll go get it, avoiding real-world furniture along the way. You can tell her to seek out a power outlet for recharging (she doesn&#039;t really recharge, of course), and she&#039;ll get sad if physical objects get in her way. The tiny robot is &quot;Bridget,&quot; a character you can interact with in augmented reality. Image: Lili Sams/Mashable Most of the interaction is done via a wireless controller that&#039;s sort of like a mini Wiimote. Tap a button and you&#039;ll see a green dot that&#039;s essentially a mouse cursor. You can use that to &quot;click&quot; on Bridget or part of the environment. One of the more thrilling things to do with the Bridge is go full virtual. If you click on Bridget, she&#039;ll display a menu of five 3D objects, and if you pick the one that looks like a person escaping, a huge virtual doorway will open in front of you. Step through it and you&#039;ll suddenly be in a fully virtual environment; the one I was in looked like a futuristic observation deck. The prototype Bridge controller. Image: Lili Sams/Mashable As with the Vive, the headset will pause the VR or AR world to show you a ghostly frame of the real world environment if it gets confused. Unlike the Vive, that seems to happen fairly often. This is a 1.0 experience, so there are definitely bugs to work out. But there are also limits to what a mobile device can do compared to a PC-driven headset or dedicated AR hardware like Microsoft HoloLens. The Bridge is impressive, however Occipital isn&#039;t aiming to just sell a few headsets, but rather to launch the headset as a platform. It&#039;s compatible with current VR/AR apps, of course. Yet developers can also build experiences with the Bridge&#039;s unique brand of spatial awareness and potentially open up games or game-like apps where you can perform tasks with objects, something usually reserved for high-end VR experiences. The Bridge is made of aluminum and has a magnetic door for the iPhone so you don&#039;t have to mess with latches. Image: Lili Sams/Mashable The Bridge Explorer Edition, meant for developers, is shipping in December for $499, while the consumer version arrives in March 2017 for $399. Both come with the controller, though the first Explorer versions will have it shipped separately. With the Bridge, Occipital wants to use its sensor tech to catapult into a leadership position in VR, at least as far as the iPhone is concerned. It&#039;s a smart, if riskily ambitious strategy. With Samsung and Google dominating the conversation on Android and Oculus and HTC locking up the high end, that leaves the iPhone as the last major frontier for VR to conquer. Since Apple has been silent on the matter, it&#039;s essentially a free-for-all. And Occipital&#039;s Bridge looks like a strong contender to be the defining VR experience for iPhone. The rear has a crank for tightening. Image: Lili Sams/Mashable BONUS: This revolutionary bike is powered by your steps</p><br clear="all"/>This little device thinks it will help make your stomach healthier<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/little-device-thinks-help-stomach-155308915.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XxevwoRGHVXU6.xKWC1AGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snappa.uktech/8af482023c4a6cecaf3d14492a9727be" width="130" height="86" alt="This little device thinks it will help make your stomach healthier" align="left" title="This little device thinks it will help make your stomach healthier" border="0" /></a>AIRE digestive tracker can help diagnose an intolerance you may have.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/little-device-thinks-help-stomach-155308915.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:53:08 +0000SNAPPA Technologylittle-device-thinks-help-stomach-155308915<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/little-device-thinks-help-stomach-155308915.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XxevwoRGHVXU6.xKWC1AGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snappa.uktech/8af482023c4a6cecaf3d14492a9727be" width="130" height="86" alt="This little device thinks it will help make your stomach healthier" align="left" title="This little device thinks it will help make your stomach healthier" border="0" /></a>AIRE digestive tracker can help diagnose an intolerance you may have.</p><br clear="all"/>Bitcoin hits highest levels in almost three years<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bitcoin-hits-highest-levels-almost-three-years-154340196.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rS6LpRpS2scDD6dmGJGK9A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T154340Z_1006990001_LYNXMPECB815C_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-GLOBAL-MARKETS-BITCOIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A sticker that reads &quot;Bitcoin accepted here&quot; is displayed at the entrance of the Stadthaus town hall in Zug" align="left" title="A sticker that reads &quot;Bitcoin accepted here&quot; is displayed at the entrance of the Stadthaus town hall in Zug" border="0" /></a>By Jemima Kelly LONDON (Reuters) - Web-based digital currency bitcoin hit its highest levels in almost three years on Friday, extending gains since India sparked a cash shortage by removing high-denomination bank notes from circulation a month ago. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced a shock move on Nov. 8 to ditch 500 and 1,000 rupee notes - worth a combined $256 billion - that he said were fuelling corruption, being forged and even paying for attacks by militants who target India.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bitcoin-hits-highest-levels-almost-three-years-154340196.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:43:40 +0000Reutersbitcoin-hits-highest-levels-almost-three-years-154340196<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bitcoin-hits-highest-levels-almost-three-years-154340196.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rS6LpRpS2scDD6dmGJGK9A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-09T154340Z_1006990001_LYNXMPECB815C_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-GLOBAL-MARKETS-BITCOIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A sticker that reads &quot;Bitcoin accepted here&quot; is displayed at the entrance of the Stadthaus town hall in Zug" align="left" title="A sticker that reads &quot;Bitcoin accepted here&quot; is displayed at the entrance of the Stadthaus town hall in Zug" border="0" /></a>By Jemima Kelly LONDON (Reuters) - Web-based digital currency bitcoin hit its highest levels in almost three years on Friday, extending gains since India sparked a cash shortage by removing high-denomination bank notes from circulation a month ago. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced a shock move on Nov. 8 to ditch 500 and 1,000 rupee notes - worth a combined $256 billion - that he said were fuelling corruption, being forged and even paying for attacks by militants who target India.</p><br clear="all"/>These glasses can correct colorblindness<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/glasses-correct-colorblindness-135819270.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8hvVocDaAcOtPND2N1DD1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/417443756a50dca8aab3e4c30ee862e7" width="130" height="86" alt="These glasses can correct colorblindness" align="left" title="These glasses can correct colorblindness" border="0" /></a>&#039;Enchroma&#039; glasses have special color correcting lenses that allow people with red-green colorblindness to see true color for the very first time. While the glasses don&#039;t correct all forms of colorblindness, dozens of people have shared emotional videos of trying them on for the first time.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/glasses-correct-colorblindness-135819270.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 13:58:19 +0000Mashable Techglasses-correct-colorblindness-135819270<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/glasses-correct-colorblindness-135819270.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8hvVocDaAcOtPND2N1DD1Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/tech.mashable/417443756a50dca8aab3e4c30ee862e7" width="130" height="86" alt="These glasses can correct colorblindness" align="left" title="These glasses can correct colorblindness" border="0" /></a>&#039;Enchroma&#039; glasses have special color correcting lenses that allow people with red-green colorblindness to see true color for the very first time. While the glasses don&#039;t correct all forms of colorblindness, dozens of people have shared emotional videos of trying them on for the first time.</p><br clear="all"/>Nasa now has an official channel on Giphy and it's the best thing to happen on the internet<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nasa-now-official-channel-giphy-135056039.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2PW.Das4qY4fVboEYPdIAQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snappa.uktech/ce66d0be7b022481256acc0c78da7848" width="130" height="86" alt="Nasa now has an official channel on Giphy and it&#039;s the best thing to happen on the internet" align="left" title="Nasa now has an official channel on Giphy and it&#039;s the best thing to happen on the internet" border="0" /></a>They’re (don’t say it) out of this world.</p><br clear="all"/>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nasa-now-official-channel-giphy-135056039.htmlFri, 09 Dec 2016 13:50:56 +0000SNAPPA Technologynasa-now-official-channel-giphy-135056039<p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nasa-now-official-channel-giphy-135056039.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2PW.Das4qY4fVboEYPdIAQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/snappa.uktech/ce66d0be7b022481256acc0c78da7848" width="130" height="86" alt="Nasa now has an official channel on Giphy and it&#039;s the best thing to happen on the internet" align="left" title="Nasa now has an official channel on Giphy and it&#039;s the best thing to happen on the internet" border="0" /></a>They’re (don’t say it) out of this world.</p><br clear="all"/>